Pilou Asbæk

Pilou Asbæk

Known for
Acting
Born
March 2, 1982 (age 44)
Birthplace
Copenhagen, Denmark

Biography

Johan Philip "Pilou" Asbæk (born 2 March 1982) is a Danish actor. He is best known for his roles as Euron Greyjoy on HBO's Game of Thrones, Pontius Pilate in Ben-Hur (2016), Bouchard in The Great Wall (2016), Batou in Ghost in the Shell (2017), Captain Wafner in Overlord (2018), Cyrus in Samaritan(2022), Gage in Uncharted (2022), and a troubled spin doctor Kasper Juul in the Danish TV political drama Borgen. He was among the recipients of the Shooting Stars Award at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival. On 10 May he was co-host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, with Lise Rønne and Nikolaj Koppel. Some critics commented adversely on the obscure jokes shared by the presenters throughout the televised show.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Blood on Snow

Blood on Snow

Movie

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Untitled Young Lee Shaw Prequel Series

Untitled Young Lee Shaw Prequel Series

TV · 1 ep

2027
The Thomas Crown Affair poster

The Thomas Crown Affair

Movie

2026
No Rest for the Wicked poster

No Rest for the Wicked

Movie · as Helge

2026
Snake Killer poster

Snake Killer

TV · as Brian 'Smiley' Petersen · 4 eps

2025
The Fires poster

The Fires

Movie · as Thomas

2025
Insider poster

Insider

TV · as Sig selv · 1 ep

2024
Salem's Lot poster

Salem's Lot

Movie · as R.T Straker

2024
I.S.S. poster

I.S.S.

Movie · as Alexey Pulov

2024
Twilight of the Gods poster

Twilight of the Gods

TV · as Thor (voice) · 8 eps

2024
Secrets poster

Secrets

TV · as Mads · 8 eps

2023
Before It Ends poster

Before It Ends

Movie · as Jakob

2023
Hidden Strike poster

Hidden Strike

Movie · as Paddock

2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom poster

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Movie · as Kordax

2023
Invitation to a Bonfire

Invitation to a Bonfire

TV · as Leo · 1 ep

2022
Uncharted poster

Uncharted

Movie · as Gage

2022
Samaritan poster

Samaritan

Movie · as Cyrus

2022
Melvin Kakooza Show poster

Melvin Kakooza Show

TV · as Sig selv · 1 ep

2021
Outside the Wire poster

Outside the Wire

Movie · as Victor Koval

2021
Foundation poster

Foundation

TV · as The Mule · 10 eps

2020
The A-Z of Eurovision poster

The A-Z of Eurovision

Movie · as Self - Presenter (archive footage)

2020
Run Sweetheart Run poster

Run Sweetheart Run

Movie · as Ethan

2020
Familien Asbæk poster

Familien Asbæk

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2020
The Investigation poster

The Investigation

TV · as Jakob Buch-Jepsen · 6 eps

2019
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch poster

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

Movie · as Self

2019
Face to Face poster

Face to Face

TV · as Markus Lang · 3 eps

2018
The Guardian Angel poster

The Guardian Angel

Movie · as Anders Olsen

2018
Overlord poster

Overlord

Movie · as Wafner

2018
Meyerheim & stjernerne poster

Meyerheim & stjernerne

TV · as Sig selv · 1 ep

2017
Woodshock poster

Woodshock

Movie · as Keith

2017
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms poster

Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms

Movie · as Euron Greyjoy (voice)

2017
Ghost in the Shell poster

Ghost in the Shell

Movie · as Batou

2017
Hard-Wired Humanity poster

Hard-Wired Humanity

Movie · as Self

2016
Ben-Hur poster

Ben-Hur

Movie · as Pontius Pilate

2016
The Great Wall poster

The Great Wall

Movie · as Bouchard

2016
Stag poster

Stag

TV · as Neils · 2 eps

2015
April 9th poster

April 9th

Movie · as Sekondløjtnant Sand

2015
A War poster

A War

Movie · as Claus Michael Pedersen

2015
Natural Disorder

Natural Disorder

Movie · as (voice)

2014
The Absent One poster

The Absent One

Movie · as Ditlev Pram

2014
Lucy poster

Lucy

Movie · as Richard

2014
Speed Walking poster

Speed Walking

Movie · as Onkel Kristian

2014
Silent Heart poster

Silent Heart

Movie · as Dennis

2014
1864: Brødre i krig poster

1864: Brødre i krig

Movie · as Didrich

2014
1864 poster

1864

TV · as Didrich · 8 eps

2013
Sex, Drugs & Taxation poster

Sex, Drugs & Taxation

Movie · as Simon Spies

2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded poster

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Movie

2012
A Hijacking poster

A Hijacking

Movie · as Mikkel Hartmann

2011
A Family poster

A Family

Movie · as Peter

2011
Bora Bora poster

Bora Bora

Movie · as Jim

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Euron Greyjoy · 8 eps

2011
The Borgias poster

The Borgias

TV · as Paolo Orsini · 7 eps

2010
R poster

R

Movie · as Rune

2010
Venus poster

Venus

Movie · as Rasmus

2010
The Whistleblower poster

The Whistleblower

Movie · as Bas

2010
Borgen poster

Borgen

TV · as Kasper Juul · 30 eps

2009
Monster Busters poster

Monster Busters

Movie · as Søren

2009
The Left Wing Gang poster

The Left Wing Gang

TV · as Carsten Nielsen · 5 eps

2008
Worlds Apart poster

Worlds Apart

Movie · as Teis

2008
Comeback poster

Comeback

Movie · as Kris

2008
Crying for Love poster

Crying for Love

Movie · as Oliver

2008
Zulu Awards poster

Zulu Awards

TV · as Host · 1 ep

2007
The Killing poster

The Killing

TV · as David Grüner · 1 ep

2005
Made in Hollywood poster

Made in Hollywood

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Klovn poster

Klovn

TV · as Pilou · 1 ep

1956
Eurovision Song Contest poster

Eurovision Song Contest

TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps